Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following death rates for the year 1923 are interesting when compared with one another:—
Annual Rate per 1,0C0 persons living. | Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. | |
---|---|---|
Poplar Borough | 11.3 | 60† |
*England and Wales | 11.6 | 69 |
*105 Great Towns‡ | 11.6 | 72 |
*157 Smaller Towns | 10.6 | 69 |
*London | 11.2 | 60 |
Liverpool | 13.7 | 99 |
Manchester | 13.4 | 88 |
Edinburgh | 13.8 | 82 |
Glasgow | 14.2 | 90 |
*Dublin (City) | 14.4 | 111 |
Belfast | 13.8 | 101 |
* Provisional figures furnished by the Registrar-General. ‡ Including London. |